Judiciary may collapse for pending cases: Shafique
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday said the sheer number of cases which are now on trial or pending in the courts may cause the whole judiciary system to collapse.
According to sources at the Supreme Court, there are nearly 16 lakh cases pending in different lower courts across the country. Among them, over nine lakh are criminal cases and seven lakh are civil cases.
“It would be better if most problems are solved mutually outside the court,” he said, “One benefit of mutual negotiation is that both parties would gain something from it and if the case goes to the court there will be only one winner.”
The law minister said told the National Workshop on Children Justice System in Bangladesh organized jointly by Save the Children and Children Justice Network (CJN) at BIAM Auditorium in the city.
Mutual negotiation is more applicable in the case of children held for criminal offences, said the minister.
The police should consult the community and family members to solve the problem instead of bringing formal charges, he said.
“Children lack the maturity to express their opinions, understand their rights or know how to practice them, and therefore they need a separate justice system,” said Barrister Imman Ali of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
“This goes on to show that many of our police officials, magistrates or judges are not fully aware of the 1974 law,” Kazi Rezaul Hoque, permanent member of National Human Rights Commission.
Executive Director of Centre for Development Communication Muhammad Jahangir moderated the programme while Country Director of Save The Children UK Suman Sengupta was in the chair.
Child Protection Specialist of Unicef Md Aminul Islam and CID & NPD, PRP Additional Inspector General Md Mokhlesur Rahman, among others, also spoke.
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